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THE SECOND BOOK OF<br/>
<span class=large>SAMUEL</span><br/> OTHERWISE CALLED<br/> THE SECOND BOOK OF THE KINGS
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CHAPTER 7
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David offers to build a house for the Lord—The Lord, through Nathan, says he has not asked David so to do—David’s throne, through Christ, to be established forever—David offers a prayer of thanksgiving.
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And</span> it came to pass, when the king sat in his house, and the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> had given him <sup>a</sup><a href="2_sam/7/1a" mark="a" type="A" title="2 Sam. 7: 11.">rest</a> round about from all his enemies;
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That the king said unto Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in an house of cedar, but the ark of God dwelleth within <sup>a</sup><a href="2_sam/7/2a" mark="a" type="A" title="2 Sam. 11: 11.">curtains</a>.
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And Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that <i>is</i> in thine <sup>a</sup><a href="2_sam/7/3a" mark="a" type="A" title="1 Chr. 22: 7.">heart</a>; for the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> <i>is</i> with thee.
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&#182; And it came to pass that night, that the word of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> came unto <sup>a</sup><a href="2_sam/7/4a" mark="a" type="A" title="2 Sam. 12: 1.">Nathan</a>, saying,
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Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, Shalt thou build me an <sup>a</sup><a href="2_sam/7/5a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Temple.">house</a> for me to dwell in?
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Whereas I have not dwelt in <i>any</i> house since the time that I brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, but have walked in a tent and in a tabernacle.
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In all <i>the places</i> wherein I have walked with all the children of Israel spake I a word with any of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people Israel, saying, Why build ye not me an <sup>a</sup><a href="2_sam/7/7a" mark="a" type="A" title="1 Chr. 17: 6.">house</a> of cedar?
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Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> of hosts, I took thee from the <sup>a</sup><a href="2_sam/7/8a" mark="a" type="D" title="IE sheepfold.">sheepcote</a>, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel:
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And I was with thee whithersoever thou wentest, and have cut off all thine enemies out of thy sight, and have made thee a great name, like unto the name of the great <i>men</i> that <i>are</i> in the earth.
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Moreover I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and move no more; neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more, as beforetime,
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And as since the time that I commanded <sup>a</sup><a href="2_sam/7/11a" mark="a" type="A" title="Judg. 2: 16 (14-16).">judges</a> <i>to be</i> over my people Israel, and have caused thee to <sup>b</sup><a href="2_sam/7/11b" mark="b" type="A" title="2 Sam. 7: 1.">rest</a> from all thine enemies.  Also the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> telleth thee that he will make thee an <sup>c</sup><a href="2_sam/7/11c" mark="c" type="A" title="Ex. 1: 21 (15-22); 1 Sam. 2: 35 (35-36).">house</a>.
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&#182; And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy <sup>a</sup><a href="2_sam/7/12a" mark="a" type="A" title="1 Kgs. 2: 4; 1 Kgs. 8: 19 (19-20); 2 Chr. 23: 3.">seed</a> after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.
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He shall <sup>a</sup><a href="2_sam/7/13a" mark="a" type="A" title="1 Kgs. 6: 12; 1 Kgs. 8: 13.">build</a> an house for my name, and I will <sup>b</sup><a href="2_sam/7/13b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Jesus Christ, Davidic Descent of.">stablish</a> the throne of his kingdom for ever.
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I will be his <sup>a</sup><a href="2_sam/7/14a" mark="a" type="A" title="Heb. 1: 5.">father</a>, and he shall be my <sup>b</sup><a href="2_sam/7/14b" mark="b" type="A" title="Mosiah 5: 7; Mosiah 27: 25 (24-26); Moses 6: 68 (64-68).">son</a>.  If he commit iniquity, I will <sup>c</sup><a href="2_sam/7/14c" mark="c" type="A" title="Ps. 89: 32 (30-33); D&C 95: 1 (1-2); D&C 101: 4 (4-5).">chasten</a> him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men:
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But my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took <i>it</i> from Saul, whom I put away before thee.
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And thine <sup>a</sup><a href="2_sam/7/16a" mark="a" type="A" title="2 Kgs. 8: 19 (18-19).">house</a> and thy kingdom shall be established for ever before thee: thy <sup>b</sup><a href="2_sam/7/16b" mark="b" type="A" title="1 Kgs. 9: 5; Luke 1: 33; John 12: 34.">throne</a> shall be established for ever.
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According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David.
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&#182; Then went king David in, and sat before the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, and he said, Who <i>am</i> I, O Lord <span class='smallcaps'>God</span>?  and what <i>is</i> my house, that thou hast brought me hitherto?
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And this was yet a small thing in thy sight, O Lord <span class='smallcaps'>God</span>; but thou hast spoken also of thy servant’s house for a great while to come.  And <i>is</i> this the manner of man, O Lord <span class='smallcaps'>God</span>?
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And what can David say more unto thee?  for thou, Lord <span class='smallcaps'>God</span>, <sup>a</sup><a href="2_sam/7/20a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ps. 139: 1 (1-4); Morm. 6: 22; D&C 6: 16.">knowest</a> thy servant.
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For thy word’s sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all these <sup>a</sup><a href="2_sam/7/21a" mark="a" type="A" title="1 Chr. 17: 19.">great</a> things, to make thy servant know <i>them.</i>
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Wherefore thou art great, O <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> God: for <i>there is</i> none <sup>a</sup><a href="2_sam/7/22a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ex. 8: 10 (8-10); Ex. 15: 11; 1 Kgs. 8: 23.">like</a> thee, neither <i>is there any</i> God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
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And what one <sup>a</sup><a href="2_sam/7/23a" mark="a" type="A" title="Deut. 4: 7; 1 Kgs. 3: 8; 2 Ne. 29: 8; Alma 9: 20; Abr. 2: 9.">nation</a> in the earth <i>is</i> like thy people, <i>even</i> like Israel, whom God went to redeem for a people to himself, and to make him a name, and to do for you great things and terrible, for thy land, before thy people, which thou redeemedst to thee from Egypt, <i>from</i> the nations and their gods?
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For thou hast <sup>a</sup><a href="2_sam/7/24a" mark="a" type="A" title="Jacob 6: 4.">confirmed</a> to thyself thy people <sup>b</sup><a href="2_sam/7/24b" mark="b" type="A" title="D&C 38: 33.">Israel</a> <i>to be </i>a people unto thee for ever: and thou, <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, art become their God.
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And now, O <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> God, the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant, and concerning his house, <sup>a</sup><a href="2_sam/7/25a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ps. 119: 38.">establish</a> <i>it</i> for ever, and do as thou hast said.
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And let thy name be magnified for ever, saying, The <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> of hosts <i>is</i> the God over Israel: and let the house of thy servant David be established before thee.
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For thou, O <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> of hosts, God of Israel, hast revealed to thy servant, saying, I will build thee an house: therefore hath thy servant found in his heart to pray this prayer unto thee.
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And now, O Lord <span class='smallcaps'>God</span>, thou <i>art</i> that God, and thy words be <sup>a</sup><a href="2_sam/7/28a" mark="a" type="A" title="John 17: 17; 2 Ne. 31: 15; Alma 38: 9; Ether 4: 12; D&C 20: 11; D&C 66: 11.">true</a>, and thou hast promised this goodness unto thy servant:
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Therefore now let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue for ever before thee: for thou, O Lord <span class='smallcaps'>God</span>, hast spoken <i>it:</i> and with thy blessing let the house of thy servant be blessed for ever.
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